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Box Score 2 Kentucky Wesleyan split a Great Midwest Athletic Conference doubleheader at Cedarville on Friday. The Panthers lost 4-2 and came back to win 6-3.
In the first contest, the Yellow Jackets jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning before the Panthers responded.
Kaci Ovelgoenner hit a two-run homer to center field in the third to bring
Samantha Marksbury across the plate for the 2-2 tie.
CU answered with two more runs in the bottom in the third for the final score as neither team scored in final four frames.
Josalyn Ress (8-5) received the loss. She threw six innings and five strikeouts and allowed one walk.
In the night cap,
Amber Pendergraft drove in
Courtney Lockwood on a single to left field in second to take a 1-0 advantage.
The Yellow Jackets tied the score at 1-1 in the fourth before KWC's explosion in the fifth.
The Panthers loaded the bases before
Jessica Carmon's hit by pitch brought in Marksbury. Josalyn Parker RBI off a fielder's choice sent Ovelgoenner home. Parker and Carmon scored off a Lockwood double to center field to close the four-run inning.
CU bounced back to add two runs in the sixth to cut the lead to 5-3.
Mackenzie Weedman opened the seventh a with double and Parker put the game away in the seventh by knocking home Weedman on a single to center field.
Casey Smith (9-3) earned the win by pitching six innings.
Jessica Carmon finished the game in the seventh to pick up her second save of the season.
KWC (19-10, 10-3) wraps up the four-game series with Cedarville (23-18, 11-5) on Saturday.
